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Explore one of Tampa’s oldest Black communities on a 90-minute guided walking tour of College Hill with historian Fred Hearns. Learn about the residents, landmarks and institutions that shaped the neighborhood’s history.
Ybor City began as a cigar-manufacturing town and grew into one of Tampa’s most distinctive historic districts. This 90-minute guided walking tour explores the neighborhood’s brick streets, landmark buildings, cigar history, and 7th Avenue corridor.
Learn about Tampa’s compelling history as you stroll past City Hall, Sacred Heart Church, the Floridan Palace Hotel and even Tampa’s oldest bar, The Hub, on this guided trek!
Walk through Oaklawn Cemetery and discover the stories of Tampa’s earliest residents, from mayors and pioneers to enslaved people and Native Americans. Reservations are required, and space is limited.
Explore Tampa's military history from the water during Craft’s history lunch cruise, narrated by Florida historian Rodney Kite-Powell. The journey begins with Fort Brooke and the early Village of Tampa, …
Led by a History Center-trained docent, the 90-minute tour explores Ybor City’s brick streets, landmark buildings, and 7th Avenue corridor while connecting the neighborhood’s cigar industry to the people and places that shaped daily life in Ybor City.
The history center is open daily from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
**Galleries are closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas and open until 3 p.m. on Christmas and New Year’s Eve.
The History Center provides a dramatic and historic backdrop for your wedding, wedding reception or rehearsal dinner. Give your wedding a unique Tampa flair your guests will remember for a lifetime.
Are you looking for a one-of-a-kind Tampa experience for your next corporate event or convention party? Are you a meeting planner looking for a unique setting to host a board retreat or employee function? Located within walking distance of downtown hotels, the History Center is perfect for your next corporate event.
